VATICAN, 01.05.2004
TELEGRAMMA DI CORDOGLIO DEL SANTO PADRE PER LE
VITTIME DELLE VIOLENZE AD AMBON, INDONESIA , 01.05.2004
TELEGRAMMA DI CORDOGLIO DEL SANTO PADRE PER LE VITTIME DELLE
VIOLENZE AD AMBON, INDONESIA
Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime delle violenze
avvenute ad Ambon (Indonesia), che il Santo Padre Giovanni Paolo II ha inviato,
tramite il Cardinale Angelo Sodano, Segretario di Stato, al Vescovo di Amboina, S.E.
Mons. Petrus Canisius Mandagi:
TELEGRAMMA DEL SANTO PADRE
THE MOST REVEREND PETRUS CANISIUS MANDAGI
BISHOP OF AMBOINA
AMBON, INDONESIA
HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE NEW
OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE IN AMBON, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF
NUMEROUS LIVES, GRAVE INJURIES AND THE PILLAGING AND BURNING OF
HOUSES, SCHOOL AND CHURCHES. AT THIS TIME OF SUFFERING AND GRAVE
ANXIETY, HE WISHES TO ASSURE THE WHOLE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OF HIS
PATERNAL AFFECTION AND SOLIDARITY, AND HIS HEARTFELT PRAYER THAT
PUBLIC ORDER AND PEACEFUL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS
RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL GROUPS WILL BE QUICKLY RESTORED.
HIS HOLINESS HAS PRAYED TO GOD OUR MERCIFUL FATHER FOR THE
PEACE OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED AND THE COMFORT AND CONSOLATION
OF ALL THE SUFFERING AND THOSE WHO MOURN.
TO YOU AS THE PASTOR OF THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY, TO THE PRIESTS,
THE MISSIONARIES, THE MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS, AND TO ALL THE
FAITHFUL THE HOLY FATHER CORDIALLY IMPARTS HIS APOSTOLIC BLESSING
AS A PLEDGE OF STRENGTH IN THE LORD.
CARDINAL ANGELO SODANO
SECRETARY OF STATE
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